After-Dinner Wanderer · 4 stories

A Second Round Near Anguk

Writes about bars and restaurants across Seoul and Gyeonggi, mostly places found on ordinary weeknights. · Writes about: Restaurants · Bars

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Samseong Station Italian date: new carrot dishes at Mano di Chef

Mano di Chef Samsung Branch is a Blue Ribbon Italian restaurant in the basement of Dongseong Building, near Exit 5 of Samseong Station in Gangnam, Seoul. The writer booked ahead and went with her husband, remembering a carrot dish from their honeymoon in Spain, and ordered the carrot purée & octopus gnocchi, steak pizza and an orange ade. She also received a mini ice cream for filling out a new-menu survey. Prices run a little high, but the original dishes and wide table spacing make Mano di Chef Samsung Branch a place she wants to return to for a couple's anniversary dinner.

Written Jun 23, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongnam, GyeonggiBars

Seongnam whisky bar date: Tamdhu and whisky ice cream at The Momento

The Momento Jeongja Station Branch is a whisky and cocktail bar on Jeongjail-ro in Jeongja-dong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi. On a night out with her husband, the writer tried Tamdhu, Glenfarclas and GlenDronach, a sweet whisky cocktail served with a smoke performance, and a complimentary whisky ice cream. The Momento has no printed menu, so it's more comfortable to name your budget before ordering.

Written Aug 9, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Weekday black pork BBQ and Jeju noodles in Bundang: Jeju Monteurak

Jeju Monteurak Bundang Sunae Branch is a Jeju black pork BBQ restaurant near Sunae Station in Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi. On a weekday visit for two, the writer and her husband ordered the black pork Jeju platter for 2 with kimchi jjigae (kimchi stew), Jeju pork noodle soup and Jeju green tangerine perilla oil makguksu (buckwheat noodles), and staff grilled and cut the pork at the table. At Jeju Monteurak, the green tangerine perilla oil makguksu impressed as much as the black pork itself.

Written Aug 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Free rice self-bar at a Sangdaewon-dong bossam restaurant, Seongnam

Bossam Ae Kalguksu Seongnam Sangdaewon Branch is a bossam (boiled pork with wraps) and kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup) restaurant on Geumsang-ro near Exit 2 of Dandae-ogeori Station in Sangdaewon-dong, Seongnam. Over lunch a couple ordered the small gabrisal bossam set for two at 37,000 won, chose kalguksu and added a 3,000-won sujebi (hand-torn dough) topping, finding the pork tender with no gamey smell and the broth clean. A self-serve bar that includes free rice makes Bossam Ae Kalguksu a good-value meal in Sangdaewon-dong.

Written Sep 24, 2026Sponsored
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